Government,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Criminal
Dec. 8, 2021
FBI probing $30M no-bid LA water billing contract
When asked how the no-bid contract was approved, DOJ spokesman Ciaran McEvoy wrote in an email, "The investigation is ongoing."
The FBI and Department of Justice are investigating how a $30 million, no-bid contract was approved by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power now that its former general manager has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and kickbacks to push the deal through, the DOJ said Tuesday.
Former general manager David H. Wright pleaded guilty to one count of bribery, for colluding with former special counsel to the city Paul O. Paradis, a New Y...
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